The parties cross-appealed from the judgment entered in plaintiffs’ medical-malpractice and wrongful-death claim. Defendants argued that the trial court erred in not reducing the judgment by the amount of the settlement between plaintiffs and a joint-tortfeasor, while plaintiffs argued that ...

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Where a landlord terminated a tenant’s lease after the tenant received a municipal citation for violating an ordinance prohibiting subletting through the Airbnb short-term rental service, the landlord was not entitled to the proceeds of the rental activity under the ...

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Where a trial court determined that a buyer in a sale of real property was entitled to specific  performance and the buyer claimed on appeal that he was entitled to damages due to the increase in interest rates available to ...

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Where an oil producer challenged a jury verdict for a independent trucking contractor who alleged that the oil producer had tortuously interfered with the business relationship between the contractor and his best customer, the evidence was sufficient to support the ...

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Where homeowners brought an action against an electric cooperation for the alleged negligent installation of a transformer, claiming damages from a lost sale of their property after the buyers backed out, the judgment is affirmed because the owners did not ...

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Where a sheriff, who claimed that disclosure of a 911 recording of an altercation in which he was involved violated the Sunshine Law, sought actual and punitive damages, the permissive nature of the statute does not allow for a remedy ...

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Where in a dispute arose from an associate professor’s alleged failures to disclose his inventions or patent applications and to properly assign ownership of inventions resulting from his research to his university employer as required by the employment contract, the ...

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Where a homeowner who suffered a partial fire loss challenged a directed verdict against her on her claims for the structure, personal property and prejudgment interest, the homeowner failed to make a submissible case on the issue of damages on ...

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State ex rel. Sean Comerford and Sherry Mason v. Carter (MLW No. 71426/Case No. SD35104 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Sheffield, J.)

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Sun Aviation, Inc. v. L-3 Communications Avionics Systems, Inc. (MLW No. 71151/Case No. SC96280 – 18 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Fischer, C.J.; all concur)

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Oyler v. Hy-Vee, Inc. (MLW No. 71124/Case No. WD79742 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ahuja, J.)

Tagged with: Aggravating Circumstances Damages Negligence Pharmaceutical Error